Reputedly christened by prospectors with a grounding in Dante, HOPE - as in Abandon all hope ? - is a pleasant mountain-ringed town that achieved a certain fame as the place wasted in spectacular fashion by Sylvester Stallone at...
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A pretty old town of narrow lanes and unexpected open squares, AUXERRE stands on a hill a further 15km up the Yonne from Joigny. It looks its best seen from Pont Paul-Bert and the riverside quais , where houseboats and barges moor,...
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If you haven't followed the river to Loxton, BARMERA , on the shores of Lake Bonney, is the next major stopping point along the highway. Its claims to fame are varied and dubious: at Pelican Point , on the lake's western shore,...
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